News from: Guild Wars 2 Update
Last Post: Apr 15, 2014 00:39
Structured Player vs. Player
Glory will be completely phased out and unable to be obtained.
The 8v8 custom arenas hosted by ArenaNet have been removed.
Custom arena owners must now have the Autobalance option enabled or the arena will be marked as No Progression.
Ranks have been changed to be easier to obtain for all players.
Equipment merge
All Mystic Forge recipes for crafting PvP items have been removed along with PvP crafting materials.
Updated achievement text to be more consistent.
Removed the water from the PvP lobby.
All PvP maps have had their water combat removed so we also removed the water-combat tutorial area.
Fixed a bug in which trait selection was available on servers with skill-locking enabled.
Fixed a bug in which players were not showing their defeated icon on the minimap.
Fixed a bug in which rank achievement would not be calculated with rank points earned.
Added new amulets: Cavalier and Magi
Added a new rune: Traveler
Added new sigils: Generosity and Renewal
World vs. World
Commanders: The Commander buff is now only displayed to friendly players.
Siege Weapons: Normalized the hit boxes of all siege gadgets.
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New Items and Promotions
Rampart heavy armor skins, Strider’s medium armor skins, and Incarnate light armor skins are now available in the Style category for 800 gems each.
Wintersday outfits are available for one week only to celebrate the improvements to outfits with the new Wardrobe system. Pick up outfits in the Style category for 800 gems.
Improvements
Removed the delay on the first note when playing a harp or drum.
Transmutation Charges now drop from Black Lion Chests instead of Transmutation Crystals.
Trade history has been reduced to the most recent 90 days to improve viewing performance.
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